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Latakia (Syria : Province)

LC control no.n 86066763
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Geographic headingLatakia (Syria : Province)
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Geographic subdivision usageSyria--Latakia (Province)
Variant(s)Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah (Syria)
Lādhiqīyah (Syria : Province)
Muhafazat Al-Lathigiyah (Syria)
Lathigiyah (Syria : Province)
محافظة اللاذقية (Syria)
لاذقية (Syria : Province)
Latakia (Syria : Governorate)
Associated countrySyria
Associated placeLatakia (Syria)
Ḥaffah (Syria : District) Jablah (Syria : District) Latakia (Syria : District) Qardāḥah (Syria : District)
Found inBGN, 11/4/86 (Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah [al-Lādhiqīyah=brief], Latakia [conv.], 1st order admin. div., 35°10ʹN, 36°10ʹE)
Abdulsalam, A. The rural geographic environment of the Syrian ... c1985: p. 3 (Muhafazat Al-Lathigiyah)
GEOnet, 26 February 2016 (Al Lādhiqīyah (approved and short); Muḩāfaz̧at al Lādhiqīyah (approved); Latakia (Anglicized variant); non-Roman script: للاذقية ,محافظة اللاذقية; geopolitical entity name: Syria; first-order administrative division name: Al Lādhiqīyah; 35° 34ʹ 00ʺ N, 036° 02ʹ 00ʺ E; 35.566667 [N], 36.033333 [E]; first-order administrative division)
Wikipedia, 26 February 2016 (Latakia Governorate; Arabic, ALA-LC: Muḥāfaẓat al-Lādhiqīyah; one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria; situated in western Syria, bordering Turkey; was historically part of the Alawite State, which existed 1920-1936; capital: Latakia; divided into four districts (manatiq): Al-Haffah, Jableh, Latakia, Qardaha)
Geographic area codea-sy---